Sandstone Press book on Booker International longlist

13 March 2019

The 'Man Booker Dozen' of 13 novels in contention for the
£50,000 Man Booker International prize has been announced.
Particular congratulations to our member Sandstone Press which has
a book on the list.

The longlist was selected by a panel of five judges, chaired by
Bettany Hughes, award-winning historian, author and broadcaster,
and is made up of writer, translator and chair of English PEN
Maureen Freely; philosopher Professor Angie Hobbs; novelist and
satirist Elnathan John and essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra.

The Faculty Of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg, translated
by Deborah Bragan-Turner (MacLehose Press)

Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga
Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo
Editions)

The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez,
translated by Anne McLean (MacLehose Press)

The Death Of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Wieringa,
translated by Sam Garrett (Scribe)

The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran, translated by
Sophie Hughes (And Other Stories)

The shortlist announcement will be livestreamed on 9 April on
the Prize's Facebook page. The winner of the 2019 prize will be
announced on 21 May. Authors and translators are considered to be
equally important, with the £50,000 prize being split between
them.

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